Early Russian, I have always thought, should be list¬ 
ed by everyone. No pickling cucumber approaches it for 
earliness. Often Early Russian will mature a crop before 
dry weather or extreme heat arrives, whereas with later 
varieties the crop might be a failure. 
Vaughan continues to increase in popularity. I will 
repeat, however, that very favorable soil and weather 
conditions are necessary for perfect fruits. 
The Lemons, white and yellow, deserve wider use. 
They are grown successfully where other varieties fail. 
They are the sweetest in taste of any cucumbers. 
MUSKMELON 
The Imperial Canteloupe deserved to the utmost, 
receiving the all-America award of merit. For long keep¬ 
ing qualities after being fully vine ripened, it has no 
superior. Its extremely small seed cavity enables it to 
withstand rough handling and long distance shipping, 
better perhaps than any other canteloupe. It deserves 
being listed by every seedsman. 
The Golden Rind Honey Dew is another valuable 
new variety. Similar in all ways to the regular Honey 
Dew, except the rind is colored a rich orange, making 
it very distinctive and attractive. 
There are an increasing number of mildew-resistant 
strains of canteloupes and also a resistant Honey Dew. 
They are of the utmost value in mildew sections of the 
country. The quality and uniformity of these new strains 
are not thoroughly fixed as yet, but doubtless they will 
prove popular. No. 50 and No. 15-50 Hales Best are the 
two most widely used. 
Hales Best continues to be the best seller. Some sec¬ 
tions of the country are wanting a larger Hales Best, sim¬ 
ilar to the original type. Larger canteloupes seem to be 
what is wanted. There are some strains of Hales Best not 
much larger than Perfecto and Pollack 10-25—and fully 
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